Full quality management

At MKM, product quality is highly rated. Thanks to the most modern manufacturing technology, highly developed testing equipment and a quality management system conforming to DIN EN ISO 9001:2008, we can not only ensure reliability, but can even improve it constantly.

The quality of the semi-finished copper has a direct influence on the productivity of further processing and the environmental compatibility of the end products. That's why quality plays such a central role in MKM's corporate philosophy.

With the new, continuous-operation, high-performance plant, we have laid the basis for high, uniform product quality, since the new technologies employed are less susceptible to breakdown and work with highly developed control engineering and in-line testing techniques.

In direct proximity to the manufacturing, all main product characteristics are checked at the time of production. For further-reaching requirements, a highly modern central laboratory with metallography, metal-physics and chemistry sections is available. This enables us, for example, to examine metal surfaces by means of scanning electron microscope, or to analyse trace elements in the ppm spectrum by means of emission spectrometry.

Our quality management system embraces all business processes from the customer enquiry to the finished product. Continuous improvements and regular training of employees are important elements of the system. Since 1993, MKM has been continuously certified for listing on Lloyd's Quality Assurance Register. Since 2002 we have been certified in accordance with DIN EN ISO 9001:2008. In addition to this a series of product and material-specific licences have been obtained, e.g. from Germanischer Lloyd, TÜV-Nord, Gütegemeinschaft Kupferrohr e.V., KIWA, AFNOR, SITAC.

certificate (PDF)